Mimi Israel
Associate Professor
Psychiatry
McGill University
Canada
Biography
Dr. Israël is Psychiatrist-in-Chief at the Douglas Mental Health University Institute, attending psychiatrist for the Douglas’s Eating Disorders Program, and Associate Professor of psychiatry at McGill. She was the Chair of the department from 2007-2015, was director of the Crisis Service at the Allan Memorial Institute from 1987-2001 and director of Post-Graduate Training from 1989-1997. She has also been a Royal College Examiner for Psychiatry, has chaired the Curriculum Committee for the McGill Department of Psychiatry, and has been vice-president of the Regional Table of Medical Specialists of Montreal. In addition, she is now the president of the Association of Chiefs of Departments of Psychiatry of Montreal and a fellow of the Academy of Eating Disorders. A recipient of four McGill University teaching awards, including the 2004 McGill Department of Medicine Faculty Honour List for Educational Excellence, Dr. Israël was also presented with the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill Exemplary Psychiatrist Award in 1998 and the 2006 grand prize from the Quebec Medical College of Physicians. Her research interests have focused on the implications of temperamental traits and adverse life events on neurobiological indices, HPA axis function, and genetic variations in eating disorders. Other areas of interests within the field of eating disorders include the study of factors that determine treatment outcome, the study of suicidal and self-harm behaviours, and determinants of the efficacy of different treatment techniques, such as partial hospitalization.
Research Interest
Eating disorders, Adult General Psychiatry
Publications
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Is gambling disorder associated with impulsivity traits measured by the UPPS-P and is this association moderated by sex and age? Savvidou LG, Fagundo AB, Fernández-Aranda F, Granero R, Claes L, MallorquÃ-Baqué N, Verdejo-GarcÃa A, Steiger H, Israel M, Moragas L, Del Pino-Gutiérrez A, Aymamà N, Gómez-Peña M, Agüera Z, Tolosa-Sola I, La Verde M, Aguglia E, Menchón JM, Jiménez-Murcia S.
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Does level of motivation for change impact post-treatment outcomes in the eating disorders? Protocol for a systematic review with quantitative analysis. Sansfaçon J, Steiger H, Gauvin L, Fletcher É, Israël M.
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Autonomy support and autonomous motivation in the outpatient treatment of adults with an eating disorder. Steiger H, Sansfaçon J, Thaler L, Leonard N, Cottier D, Kahan E, Fletcher E, Rossi E, Israel M, Gauvin L.
